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Monday, 5 August 2013

Shabby Lace Book

Morning Crafters,

Well I'm back from my little holiday. We had a lovely time, riding through the woods on our bikes, even a bit of off-roading, thanks to the men, typical. We tried our hand at Archery, which I enjoyed but wasn't very good at, I just got it right one shot before the end as the Trainer advised that I was holding my hand too low. My younger sister was a dab hand at the Archery, hitting the bulls eye several times, I think she must of done some training before we came away, lol.

Thank you to all that have visited my blog whilst I was away and leaving me comments, I know it takes time and I really do appreciate each and every one.

The theme today at LLC is the lyrics from "It's a Wonderful World". I have chosen inspiration from "Trees are GREEN" and "red ROSES too", so I have used green and roses in my lace book as well as the papers. I'm sure you are all familiar with the new collection by MayaDesign called Sofiero, aren't they beautiful and how can they make this collection a limited one, are they mad. Anyway it will come as no surprise to you today that I have used 3 papers from this collection to make my lace book. I have been dying to make one of these books ever since Elin posted hers, soooo gorgeous and inspirational, thank you Elin. Hope you like my version....

I found the vintage pages on Pinterest, aren't they fab and if you want to print them too, head on over to my Pinterest where you will find the link. I printed several and cut the front and back of the book out of mount board and made the pages for the lace out of cardboard so that I could pin the lace in if necessary.

The dress is made out of 3 of the MayaDesign Sofiero papers, links at the bottom of the page.

I used 2 inch book rings so that I could put all those scraps of lace somewhere handy too.

Here's a picture of the book before I added all the little scraps of lace that come in handy to tie on tags. You will also notice the Melissa Frances resin corner on the right hand side, love these.

Here's a picture of the back of the book and I added the Maya Road sewing kit. I coloured the scissors and the needle with a silver leaf pen.

Love your book!!! The dress on the front is gorgeous and all the ribbons and laces, oh you have my heart on this one!!! When you are sick of this amazing creation can I buy it?? hehe Glad you had a wonderful holiday. So refreshing!Hugs Kelly

Jaw-droppingly fabulous! Oh, my goodness... one of my favourites of yours, definitely. The ruching and pleating on that amazing dress; the gorgeous stitching on the shaped panels; the fab little embellishments; beautiful die-cuts - and how glorious do all your laces look on the inside pages. Huge WOW from me!Alison x

Wow! Tracy this is a stunning work of art ,I love the beautiful lace and papers (Looks like they are from my favourite online shop )You are so talented This is just amazingThank you for joining us at Just for Fun's 1st challenge and good look Hugs Susan xx JFF DT member

Good Lord Tracy!!This is breathtakingly stunning!!So detailed and a thing of beauty..I'd be too frightened to use it in case it got dirty paw prints in it!Love it, you are so talented I need to rub shoulders with you!

I see you're receiving as many comments and thumbs up here on your blog for this project as on FB and Instagram! Just checked Insta; 188 likes, which I believe is a new LLC record, so congrats! Well deserved; it's an incredible book. Love how you made the dress so shabby and all those trims and lace pieces inside the rings...not to mention the beautiful pages (yes I did take a peek on Pinterest)...and how you've let Sofiero shine on this project. Outstanding and incredibly inspirational work, Tracy. Thank you!!! Sandy xx

Oh my Tracy I dont know where you find the time to create such intricate work, it must have taken you a long time to do the pleats in that skirt, well its just stunning and I salute your talent. hugs Shirleyxxx

This is a stunning project! I love, love, love it!!! Beautiful, nice, gentle, stylish, original...I have a lot of words, but I'm speechless in front of your creation! Hope to see you again in our challenges. Regards, Tokbobok.

So, this is the THIRD time I've come to your blog to look at your lace book and I'm still in awe of it. I love the shape, the papers and gee..the lace, too. :) I just think this is a beautiful beautiful project and I love it to pieces!!! Anyway, sorry to bother you again, but I felt awful to keep coming back to this post and NOT leave a note. Hugs, Gail